We currently have a 1500 series gas pickup and bumper pull TT. We are planning to move up to a diesel pickup and 5th wheel. I have been looking at a variety of trucks and trailers. I have found resources that list towing ratings for all the pickups b...
I have searched the forum and couldn't find the answer so if this is a repeat, I'm sorry.My wife and I are preparing to full-time. We plan to spend 6 months south during the winter and 6 months north during the summer. I'm a Canadian and she has dual...
We currently have a TT and will be moving up to a 5er and diesel TV. We currently have a pickup with cap and leave our Honda eu3000i locked in the truck bed. We either open the tailgate or the cap windows to run the generator as needed. I don't see a...
We are on our second TT and will be moving to full timing. We have decided to go with a 3/4 ton diesel pickup and a medium size 5th wheel trailer. We will be buying a used trailer. I know there are pros and cons but thats after our research and perso...
We have been enjoying bumper hitch TT's for a few years now. I'm retired and she's close and we're thinking about extended travel trips; quasi full timing. We currently have a 1500 series pickup long bed, with cap, and we carry things like our Honda ...
I'm pretty well set on a crew cab long box. I'm used to driving a standard shift and prefer it for towing and my wife can drive a standard as well but we will probably end up with an auto transmission because there are just more of them around. We pr...
Thanks for the information. As I've noted before I will probably need to replace my pickup before I'm ready to replace my trailer. It looks as though a 3/4 ton would be barely enough but a 1 ton SRW would do with a DRW plenty big enough. There seems...
I see that 5'ers in the 32'-34' range have a gross weight of about 15,000 lbs which, using the 20% rule would mean about 3,000 lbs on the pin. I now have the gross rear axle ratings but I don't have the net. What would the empty rear axle weight be, ...
NC Hauler wrote:Your 35 years in the trucking business, that puts you well ahead of me in the knowledge department, I've been towing longer than that, but you're far more familiar with all the "weight questions", than I though you might be. I didn'...
